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"Mutants! Monsters! Monarchs! Mystery! A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told!" Douglas Wold read the entire Marvel catalog (that's over 27,000 comic books) and summarizes his findings. [more inside]
posted by Rash on Aug 13, 2022 - 9 comments

A blind lawyer by day, vigilante by night. Matt Murdock fights the crime of New York as Daredevil. (Full season discussion) [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Oct 21, 2018 - 38 comments

Shattered physically and spiritually, Matt rethinks his purpose and place in Hell's Kitchen. Meanwhile, Fisk puts a plan in motion from behind bars. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Oct 19, 2018 - 14 comments

If you enjoy any of the movies or TV shows set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, please join us in our new Fanfare Club!
posted by Jacqueline on Mar 16, 2018 - 3 comments

With 200+ hours of footage in the MCU, not everyone has time to be a completist. Given that the MCU contains both hits (Black Panther, Jessica Jones) and stinkers (Incredible Hulk, Inhumans), which do you consider to be must-see vs. not worth it?
posted by Jacqueline on Mar 16, 2018 - 16 comments

The Marvel Cinematic Universe presents challenges to FanFare's default spoiler scope in that the MCU now comprises 18 feature films, 10 TV shows, and a variety of one-shots, web series, and tie-in books/comics, with more to come. [more inside]
posted by Jacqueline on Mar 16, 2018 - 3 comments

Say, aren't the credits great? All 13 hours are over, and we know the fates of Elektra, Frank, Matt, Mahoney, Karen and Foggy. So, what did you think? io9 has an opinion, and CBR is looking at the best Punisher stories of all time, but where has Daredevil been, and where is he going? And has Melvin's workshop really teased Stilt-man twice now?
posted by Mezentian on Mar 23, 2016 - 42 comments

Matt and Karen attend a funeral, and Matt reassures Karen that Fisk and his co-conspirators will face justice. Meanwhile, Fisk learns that Owlsley and Madame Gao conspired to poison Vanessa, whom they deemed a distraction, and that Owlsley has been hiding Detective Hoffman as an insurance policy. In his vigilante disguise, Matt finds Detective Hoffman and convinces him to agree to testify against Fisk. [more inside]
posted by He Is Only The Imposter on May 7, 2015 - 36 comments

Matt takes on Madame Gao's drug smuggling operation. While Karen begins drinking heavily to cope with Wesley's death, Matt and Karen make amends, and Ben attempts to publish his expose on Fisk, but is rejected by his editor. [more inside]
posted by He Is Only The Imposter on May 6, 2015 - 12 comments

Still recovering from his injuries, Matt finds Melvin Potter, a mentally unbalanced engineer who has been coerced into working for Fisk, and asks him to make a suit of body armor like the ones he has made for Fisk. While Vanessa is recovering in the hospital, Karen and Ben locate Fisk's mother and learn the truth about his father's death. While at the hospital, Wesley receives a phone call from Fisk's mother and learns that Karen and Ben have tracked her down. He confronts Karen and attempts to blackmail her into not exposing Fisk, threatening to hurt her friends. [more inside]
posted by He Is Only The Imposter on May 5, 2015 - 29 comments

Foggy discovers Matt's alternate identity and confronts him about his apparent blindness and abilities, removing himself from Nelson and Murdock. Meanwhile, Karen tricks Ben into taking a trip to a nursing home in upstate New York. Fisk and Vanessa attend a fundraising party after Fisk's successful speeches to the public that earned him the respect of the people of Hell's Kitchen,. [more inside]
posted by He Is Only The Imposter on May 4, 2015 - 25 comments

Matt fights a ninja! Karen and Foggy's meddling has consequences! Matt goes shopping for something to brighten up the apartment! Matt and Foggy take it to the next level!
posted by He Is Only The Imposter on May 1, 2015 - 12 comments

As tensions continue to rise among the alliance of crime bosses, Wilson Fisk reflects on his youth as a child of Hell's Kitchen in the 1970's.
posted by He Is Only The Imposter on Apr 30, 2015 - 23 comments

Acting on Vladimir's information, Matt tracks down Leland Owlsley, but before he can get him to give up any information, Matt is distracted by the arrival of an elderly man, and Owlsley escapes. The elderly man is revealed to be Matt's mentor, Stick, who taught him to master his abilities as a child. He enlists Matt's help to destroy Black Sky, a weapon that the Japanese, led by Fisk's associate Nobu, are bringing into New York. (via)
posted by He Is Only The Imposter on Apr 28, 2015 - 25 comments

Matt begins searching for Vladimir, who becomes convinced that the vigilante is on Fisk's payroll. Fisk goes on another date.
posted by He Is Only The Imposter on Apr 22, 2015 - 29 comments

Russian mobsters Anatoly and Vladimir are pressured by Fisk to eliminate the vigilante. [more inside]
posted by He Is Only The Imposter on Apr 17, 2015 - 60 comments

Daredevil takes on assassin John Healy for the name of the mysterious "kingpin" behind the recent attacks on Hell's Kitchen. Meanwhile, Karen returns to Union Allied Construction.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Apr 12, 2015 - 27 comments

As Claire nurses Matt back to health, she discovers that her patient is much more than an ordinary man. Meanwhile, Matt recalls the events that led to him becoming Daredevil.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Apr 10, 2015 - 38 comments